2005–06 Portsmouth F.C. season
During the 2005–06 English football season, Portsmouth competed in the FA Premier League. It was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in English football's top-flight.
Season summary
Manager Alain Perrin was sacked in November with Portsmouth struggling in the relegation zone.[1] He was replaced by Harry Redknapp, who had walked out of arch-rivals Southampton after being refused permission by the club to talk to Portsmouth about the managerial vacancy.[2] For a while it looked as if Redknapp's efforts were in vain, with Portsmouth eight points adrift of safety at the end of February. However, by the end of March that had been cut to just three (with a game in hand over seventeenth-placed West Bromwich Albion) and eventually Portsmouth managed to secure survival with a 2-1 win at Wigan Athletic to send West Brom and Birmingham City down.
Kit
Portsmouth signed a deal with Jako to produce the club's kit. Oki became the kit sponsors.
Final league table
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
1.Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League by league position, as a result, their UEFA Cup berth that they earned through winning the 2005–06 FA Cup, went to West Ham, who were FA Cup runners-up.
Results
Portsmouth's score comes first[3]
Legend
FA Premier League
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 13 August 2005 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 0–2 | 20,215 | |
| 20 August 2005 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1–2 | 24,404 | Robert |
| 23 August 2005 | Aston Villa | H | 1–1 | 19,778 | LuaLua |
| 27 August 2005 | Manchester City | A | 1–2 | 41,022 | Viáfara |
| 10 September 2005 | Everton | A | 1–0 | 36,831 | Ferguson (own goal) |
| 17 September 2005 | Birmingham City | H | 1–1 | 19,319 | LuaLua |
| 24 September 2005 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 23,134 | |
| 1 October 2005 | Newcastle United | H | 0–0 | 20,220 | |
| 15 October 2005 | Middlesbrough | A | 1–1 | 26,551 | O'Neil |
| 22 October 2005 | Charlton Athletic | H | 1–2 | 19,030 | Silva |
| 29 October 2005 | Sunderland | A | 4–1 | 34,926 | Vukić, Taylor (2), Silva |
| 5 November 2005 | Wigan Athletic | H | 0–2 | 19,102 | |
| 19 November 2005 | Liverpool | A | 0–3 | 44,394 | |
| 26 November 2005 | Chelsea | H | 0–2 | 20,182 | |
| 3 December 2005 | Manchester United | A | 0–3 | 67,684 | |
| 12 December 2005 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–3 | 36,141 | LuaLua |
| 17 December 2005 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–0 | 20,052 | Todorov |
| 26 December 2005 | West Ham United | H | 1–1 | 20,168 | O'Neil |
| 28 December 2005 | Arsenal | A | 0–4 | 38,223 | |
| 31 December 2005 | Fulham | H | 1–0 | 19,101 | O'Neil |
| 2 January 2006 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 1–2 | 19,521 | Taylor |
| 14 January 2006 | Everton | H | 0–1 | 20,094 | |
| 21 January 2006 | Birmingham City | A | 0–5 | 29,138 | |
| 1 February 2006 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1–1 | 19,128 | Karadas |
| 4 February 2006 | Newcastle United | A | 0–2 | 51,627 | |
| 11 February 2006 | Manchester United | H | 1–3 | 20,206 | Taylor |
| 25 February 2006 | Chelsea | A | 0–2 | 42,254 | |
| 4 March 2006 | Aston Villa | A | 0–1 | 30,194 | |
| 11 March 2006 | Manchester City | H | 2–1 | 19,556 | Mendes (2) |
| 18 March 2006 | West Ham United | A | 4–2 | 34,837 | LuaLua, Davis, Mendes, Todorov |
| 1 April 2006 | Fulham | A | 3–1 | 22,322 | O'Neil (2), LuaLua |
| 8 April 2006 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2–2 | 20,048 | LuaLua, Todorov |
| 12 April 2006 | Arsenal | H | 1–1 | 20,230 | LuaLua |
| 15 April 2006 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–0 | 20,204 | O'Neil |
| 17 April 2006 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–2 | 25,419 | D'Alessandro |
| 22 April 2006 | Sunderland | H | 2–1 | 20,078 | Todorov, Taylor (pen) |
| 29 April 2006 | Wigan Athletic | A | 2–1 | 21,126 | Mwaruwari, Taylor (pen) |
| 7 May 2006 | Liverpool | H | 1–3 | 20,240 | Koroman |
FA Cup
Main article:
2005–06 FA CupLeague Cup
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Statistics
Starting 11
- Considering starts in all competitions[10][11]
- GK: #15, Jamie Ashdown, 18
- RB: #2, Linvoy Primus, 21
- CB: #5,
Andy O'Brien, 32
- CB: #3,
Dejan Stefanović, 30
- LB: #6,
Brian Priske, 28
- RM: #26, Gary O'Neil, 39
- CM: #22,
Richard Hughes, 24
- CM: #28, Sean Davis, 17
- LM: #14, Matthew Taylor, 35
- CF: #25,
Benjani Mwaruwari, 16
- CF: #32,
, Lomana Tresor LuaLua, 25
Transfers
In
- Andy O'Brien - Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 13 June[12]
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Laurent Robert - Newcastle United, undisclosed, 19 June[13]
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Jhon Viáfara - Once Caldas, £1,600,000, 7 July[14]
- Grégory Vignal - Liverpool, free, 12 July[15]
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Collins Mbesuma - 
Kaizer Chiefs, undisclosed, 12 July[16]
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Sander Westerveld - 
Real Sociedad, free, 22 July[17]
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Azar Karadas - 
Benfica, loan, 22 July[18]
- Brian Priske -
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Genk, undisclosed, 22 August[19]
- Zvonimir Vukić -
Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed, 29 August[20]
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Darío Silva - Sevilla FC, free, 31 August[21]
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Franck Songo'o - Barcelona, £205,000, 31 August[22]
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Salif Diao - Liverpool, season loan, 31 August[23]
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Emmanuel Olisadebe - 
Panathinaikos, undisclosed, 4 January[24]
- Benjani Mwaruwari - Auxerre, £4,100,000, 5 January[25]
- Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes, Sean Davis - Tottenham Hotspur, £7,500,000 combined, 12 January[26]
- Dean Kiely - Charlton Athletic, undisclosed, 25 January[27]
- Wayne Routledge - Tottenham Hotspur, season loan, 30 January
- Ognjen Koroman -
Terek Grozny, loan, 30 January[28]
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Andrés D'Alessandro - 
VfL Wolfsburg, season loan, 31 January[29]
Out
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Richard Duffy - Coventry City, season loan, 7 June[30]
- Rowan Vine - Luton Town, £250,000, 4 July[31]
- Steve Stone - Leeds United, free, 29 June[32]
- Diomansy Kamara -
Modena, £1,500,000, 26 July [33]
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Ricardo Fuller - Southampton, £90,000 (rising to £340,000 if Southampton gain promotion), 28 July[34]
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Shaka Hislop - West Ham United, free, 29 July[35]
- Arjan de Zeeuw - Wigan Athletic, £90,000, 11 August[36]
- David Unsworth - Sheffield United, free,[nb 1] 22 August[37]
- Kostas Chalkias - released (later joined Real Murcia), 19 January[38]
- Darío Silva - released, 13 February[39]
- Sander Westerveld - Everton, 28-day loan, 24 February[40]
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Patrik Berger - Aston Villa, free, June
- Jhon Viáfara - Real Sociedad, loan, January
- James Keene -
GAIS, loan, March
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Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Middlesbrough, £7,500,000,
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Hayden Foxe - released, 2005
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Aleksander Rodić - 
Kayserispor, loan
- Giannis Skopelitis - Egaleo, loan,
- Gary Silk - Boston United
- Transfers in:
£16,250,000
- Transfers out:
£9,450,000
- Total spending: £6,800,000
Notes
- ↑ A clause was included in Unsworth's transfer that United would only pay a fee to Portmsouth if they gained promotion; they did, but the fee paid is undisclosed.
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